Freenode is an IRC network formerly run by the infamous fraud and huckster Rob Levin, who is currently out of country. He tried to convince people to donate to "help run the IRC network", then he was pwned by a bus, tank, or some other motorized object while he was riding his moped. Just like every other major IRC network, all of Freenode's servers and bandwidth are put up by volunteers. Donations never paid for any of it; they merely went to Rob's bank account.

Despite the status of Freenode's current/former overlords, the network itself is known to be the largest collective of Autism known to man. Harboring such channels as #wikipedia and #freebsd, Freenode has long been speculated as a government project to study the useless Autistic creatures in their natural environment. No actual "work" is accomplished on Freenode due to high levels of aids/in-drama/circle jerking amongst chatters.

19:57:22 < tyw7> Ironholds: I think Fluffernutter_ is currently afk
19:57:49 < Ironholds> tyw7: she's sitting next to me and I just slapped her arse
19:58:12 < Fluff|laptop> and now he just pinched my ass
20:00:00 < Ironholds> tyw7: we're fucking
20:00:02 < Fluff|laptop> why not? we DID say we're bored
20:00:12 < Ironholds> I mean, we're not fucking right now
20:00:17 < Ironholds> but as a general principle, we fuck
20:00:29 < Ironholds> and we kissed in front of him and everythign
20:00:33 < tyw7> you two are married?
20:00:37 < Ironholds> tyw7: no, we just fuck
20:00:51 < Fluff|laptop> marry me, darling. we can drive each other insane for eternity
20:01:34 < Fluff|laptop> he's not married, he's just a babydaddy

Why Freenode Sucks

Freenode is incompetently run and that is why it has been taken over by the GNAA and Bantownover and over again. Some quick comparisons of other networks to Freenode:

OFTC is another IRC network aimed at open source developers. It has not once had Rob Levin shut down the channel of an open source project in a megalomaniacal frenzy.

EFnet handles three times the userbase of freenode with no major incident.

Undernet has all the channel and hostmask services of freenode with a laissez-faire attitude.

Freenode staff had autok-line set for nick "encoded" only because this poor guy appeared with his joke in the wrong place, at the same time Christel, freenode ircop, known of her inability of controlling own urges, was in a bad mood. It wasn't even his fault she got pregnant and was so picky about it. Unprofessional ircops should be limited to kitchen area.

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<D[_]> It would be appreciated if you'd stop harrasing other users on our network.